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@WyIted
Well, here is how much AI can help.
"Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is a complex novel rich with themes, but here are some of the main points:
Fence:
- The story takes place in an unspecified future America with declining industries and increasing government control.
- Dagny Taggart, a driven railroad executive, struggles to keep her company running while facing sabotage and regulations.
- Meanwhile, mysterious figures begin to disappear, leaving cryptic clues about a hidden society.
- The plot revolves around the "strike of the mind," where leading industrialists and innovators vanish, leaving the world to crumble without their genius.
- The story culminates with the revelation of John Galt, the leader of the vanished minds, and his philosophy of Objectivism, emphasizing individualism, reason, and self-interest.
Themes:
- Importance of the mind: The novel argues that rational, productive minds are the driving force of society, and their absence leads to disaster.
- Individualism vs. collectivism: Rand fiercely criticizes collectivist ideologies, arguing that they stifle individual achievement and progress.
- Virtue of selfishness: The book promotes rational self-interest as the ethical foundation for a prosperous society.
- Objectivism: The novel embodies Rand's philosophical system, emphasizing reason, logic, and individual rights.
- Critique of government intervention: Rand portrays government regulations and social welfare programs as detrimental to economic prosperity and individual freedom.
It's important to note:
- The book's portrayal of economic and political systems is highly controversial and has been criticized for its oversimplification and lack of nuance.
- Rand's philosophy of Objectivism, while influential, is not universally accepted and has its own set of criticisms.
If you're interested in learning more:
- Consider reading the book itself, keeping in mind its potentially biased perspective.
- Explore resources that analyze the book's themes and criticisms, offering diverse viewpoints.
I hope this summary provides a helpful starting point for your exploration of Atlas Shrugged!"
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@WyIted
but it is still useful to read things like what I mentioned
I know I should be reading a lot more, but for some reason, I dont want to.
I am fine with reading few pages of the book, but I really cant get myself to read long texts.
Also, I have bad memory, probably damaged by the pills. Even if I were to read all those books, unless I write down points, I am going to forget them quickly.
But maybe AI can give me main points of those books, let me try.
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@WyIted
Thats because you have lots of will power.
But most new users dont.
They need to build it before facing experts, or they will just leave the site after losing.
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@WyIted
What does Satan really urge you to do?
I think when you make trade, you have to offer something, some sin.
I spent days overeating, watching gay porn and masturbating, lying, cursing Jesus, praising abortions.
I am not sure if that much was necessary, but it worked well for me.
Might is right, The Satanic Bible and Atlas Shrugged?
I read The Satanic Bible, rites of Lucifer, Draconian ritual book...
I prefer books which give me prayers.
I like to pray, and prayer usually demands worship.
For example, I read that when you pray to any God, you are supposed to praise him first before making any demand.
I did not read those other books which you are talking about.
I started being into satanism at the time when I dont have much reading time.
AI is a good way to get info, but it often refuses to provide info about satanism other than classical Christian bias, but will provide info about many other dark Gods.
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@WyIted
I think that both in forum and debate section, experts should not debate noobs.
I just dont see the point of everyone crushing new users and then complaining why there are no new users.
New users, in great majority of cases, dont even know how to make a topic or argument.
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@WyIted
The egregore of Satan does desire worship, but not worship of him or of demons. Satan wants you to worship yourself. The biggest holiday for satanists is not Halloween but their birthday.
Thats interesting, but worshipping yourself does not exclude worshipping Satan.
Besides, ever since I started worshipping dark Gods, my knowledge has greatly increased.
Illumination + liberation = power
I sometimes burn food as a sacrifice to Gods.
I still need to see if the buisness I am about to start will be successful.
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I see it happen over and over.
The main problem of this site is that expert fights a noob, an experienced boxer fights a skinny guy, everyone already knows the outcome of the fight and the fight itself is not only pointless, but cruel.
I know that new users tend to come off as aggressive at first, and typical response of experienced users is to crush them.
New user comes to the site, then gets destroyed by experienced users and quits the site in embarrasment.
I think if we want new users on this site, we have to give them some space.
Let new users debate new users.
If you must engage new users, dont do so in a way to crush their world view.
I am not going to argue with new users anymore, if they attack my arguments, I will just ignore them, giving them the "victory".
If you want new users, make them feel more comfortable, let them have fun.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
I have a theory that any non-normalized sexual practice invokes disgust.
Irrelevant theory, as usual.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
I would like to see you explicitly state that I have not tried to justify any extermination in this thread what so ever or we're going to have another problem.
Well, answer these questions:
1. Did extermination happen?
2. Was extermination justified?
Answering no to 1 or yes to 2 means you are either denying a historical fact either justifying extermination.
The rest of what you said is mostly nonsense.
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@Greyparrot
Not if they reproduce with different cultures
Or not if they get exterminated by Europeans.
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@WyIted
You seem to have lots of experience with worshipping Loki.
I dont have as much experience, but after worshipping Satan and waking up at 3 to pray to demons, I think this will go just as well.
I always have good experience when changing Gods I worship.
I think the only bad experience I had was as a muslim, because prayers are really complicated and last very long as you need to memorize so much text and you need to wash yourself before every prayer, not just the hands, but legs, ears, head, neck...
And there are movements in prayer which you must get right in exact order.
It gets really boring doing that 5 times a day every day.
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@WyIted
You better be careful. Read my above post. If you gain Loki's attention he will turn your world upside down. You will be stronger for it and better off in a spiritual and mental way. He will bring you to your knees. I would tread carefully and consider apologizing to loki and removing this post so that way he decides to spare you from the chaos he has planned for all who call on him.
Ah yes, the bringer of change.
Well, my life was always chaos, but I want to pray to Loki now.
There are, of course, some risks when praying to new God because you are afraid you might offend him, and you are uncertain how it will go, but I always use prayers people posted online, because I can always blame them in case prayer is bad or displeasing to God.
Also, I pray to many Gods, so if one harms, the other helps, like the cycles of good and evil.
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I will just post this here:
"Simultaneously, wars and atrocities waged by Europeans against native Americans also resulted in hundreds of thousands to millions of deaths. The population of Indigenous Americans is estimated to have decreased from approximately 145 million to around 7-15 million between the late 15th and late 17th centuries, representing a decline of around 90-95%.[56]
Mistreatment and killing of Native Americans continued for centuries, in every area of the Americas, including the areas that would become Canada, the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile. In the United States, some scholars (examples listed below) state that the American Indian Wars and the doctrine of manifest destiny contributed to the genocide, with one major event cited being the Trail of Tears."
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Note that recounting of those atrocities was in response to you say europeans were worse. So you started the demonizing.
I am not the one who tries to justify extermination of 99% of native America.
100% actually. Nobody is alive from 1860. 100% death rate.
Populations reproduce.
They dont reduce in number by 99% unless something exterminates them.
There were over 100 million native Americans before European invasion.
How many were there after?
Common, give us the answer.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
So why was homosexuality considered a mental disorder of such severity that it warranted chemical castration?
Almost like map now.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
You didn't see me demonize native Americans
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The hell they were.Some of the worst atrocities in human history were committed by the olmec descendant civilizations and their horrid blood cults which demanded regular and massive human sacrifice.
In the north constant raiding for scalps and involuntary wives (sex/pregnancy slaves) was the norm. When the Salish people were first encountered it was a society based around slavery. There is a lake in Canada called "the great slave lake" because it was used to trade slaves.
And then:
They died of old age or disease.
Lol, yeah, population usually gets reduced by 99% by dying from old age or disease.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
they never had plans to exterminate anyone
No, clearly they came to America to spread peace and accidentally killed 100 million people as a result.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
They never united against european settlers
Arrows and spears vs guns, wouldnt really go well for them.
And I dont see why you demonize native Americans, when Europeans at the time were doing much worse things everywhere.
Simply, nothing you say justifies Europeans in attacking and killing 100 million people.
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@Greyparrot
Well, Europeans were killing each other too, but that would not make it legal for anyone to come and kill all Europeans.
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@Greyparrot
Big surprise there.
You think existence of few bad native Americans make Europeans right in killing 99% of them.
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@Greyparrot
anything as unifying
I am pretty sure they agreed on not wanting to be exterminated by Europeans.
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@Greyparrot
Yeah, and Europeans were very peaceful.
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@Greyparrot
I dont think she can match the powers of the dark lord Biden.
Plus, I kinda like Biden more now.
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@Greyparrot
You could also support Gavin or Michelle Obama
I dont like having women as presidents.
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@Greyparrot
A real Biden supporter would wait till Bezos says it's safe to look at Wikipedia.I sense your support wavering.
Are you saying I have a conflict inside me which would make me support Trump or Putin again?
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@Greyparrot
Are gays allowed to adopt children in Russia?
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@Greyparrot
Fine, I will open your link.
"In 2013, Putin signed the so-called "Gay propaganda law", after it had been passed in the State Duma by an overwhelming majority. The law prohibits disseminating "propaganda" about homosexuality to minors.[10] A number of activists have been fined under the law for advocating the acceptance of homosexuality.[11][12][13"
"in 1994, 23 percent in a poll said homosexuals should be killed, 24 percent said they should be isolated, and 29 percent said they should be left alone.[1]"
Sounds very pro-gay, but I prefer a bit more gay than that.
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@Greyparrot
But Putin is homophobic.
I would rather live in hell where there is homosexuality, than heaven where there is no homosexuality.
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@Intelligence_06
"Moving to America illegally" is impossible until the declaration of independence.
You think laws of native Americans dont count.
Oh well...
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@Intelligence_06
Self-awareness.
Well, I dont deny that I am a troll.
One of the first steps towards getting better is admitting that you have a problem.
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@Intelligence_06
Well, sure, but who is going to invite them?
I dont have friends, so I cant invite anyone.
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@Intelligence_06
I know he didnt tag me, but I think he was talking about me there.
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@IwantRooseveltagain
What a moron.
We shouldnt rush with calling someone a moron just because he has a belief most people find extremely stupid.
We should first hear why he thinks Putin should be president of USA instead of Biden.
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@Greyparrot
At this point, America would be better under Putin than either Trump OR Biden
Putin good as usual
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@Amber
You want to ban me?
Well, I guess now my feelings are hurt.
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It will also improve birth rates.
I am surprised that such a good idea came from you and not me.
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Thats actually a good idea.
That way, incels in USA will have more chance to get laid.
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Military aged men from countries that HATE America are not coming to America for a better life. They're here to participate in creating violent chaos, and it has already begun
So you agree that women should be allowed to come to USA?
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@FLRW
I always wanted to study trickery.
I am too honest with people, so people get offended.
I learned the hard way that this world punishes truth tellers and rewards liars.
Trump is a liar and he was president.
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Hail to Loki!
Trickster and Worldbreaker,
Trickster and Worldbreaker,
May that which does not serve me break,
Such as the cycles You begin and end,
May that which feeds me no good will leave,
Such as those who have broken their word to You,
May I see the joy and humor of this life,
Such as You who gives laughter to Skadi.
Hail to Loki!
Giver of Blood,
May I not be ashamed of my emotions,
Such as You who feels them all,
May I find what keeps my heart pumping,
Such as You who is the ignition of my passions,
May I be kept hale and whole,
Such as You who heals and mends His Family.
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What changes do you suggest?
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@Mall
Let me paint a picture.
If you have 100 people and there is only enough food for 100 people, producing 20 more people would cause those 20 to starve or everyone having to skip meals.
Almost all resources on this planet are limited, and mass producing people because you think its your duty to do so would just cause fight over resources or make everyone much poorer or starving.
Actually, countries which are starving are very often the ones with 3 to 6 birth per woman.
Circumstances change. Reproduction was somewhat desirable 1000 years ago, because there was no overpopulation.
Today, if population is increasing, amount of resources available to one person is decreasing.
Earth cannot support infinite amount of people.
There is a limit, certain number, and reaching that number is bad, because we are all going to be much poorer or starving.
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President Biden said that people shouldnt exchange college degree for being forced to pay huge amounts of money for a long time.
Instead, people should be helped to live their dream and not live by having almost no extra money because they have to pay off college degree.
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Personally, I like Biden because he supports gay people, trans people, abortions, and many economic policies and wealth redistribution to the poor.
I think he is the best representative for democracy.
He opposes Putin where many others would just let Putin have his way.
Also, there are hints that policies towards Israel are changing, which is good.
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There is this interesting thing which happens in politics,
where parties are forced to abandon their principles just to counter the other party.
Republicans know that Trump has very few conserrvative values, but still has somewhat more than Biden.
Sure, you could find plenty of people more conservative than Trump, but they have no chance of winning against Biden.
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@Greyparrot
Yes, in nature, born baby animals are in great danger to be killed, not just from other species, but often it happens that animals kill baby animals of their own species.
Male cats sometimes kill kittens.
Humans have evolved to the point where most people dont kill their offspring, but abortions are still quite common way of killing offspring.
Overpopulation and suffering are serious problems, and abortion reduces both without killing born humans.
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Pro-life is based on false assumption that life is a good thing
and that you have right to cause unbearable unwanted pain to people to create more life,
and I am not even talking about pain woman has to go through,
but unwanted pain guaranteed to happen when you produce plenty of life.
Life is the condition for evil, so creating life creates evil.
So people who are good will refuse to reproduce to avoid participating in the creation of evil.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Read more carefully.
So you assume that I didnt read carefully. Thats false.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
If we listened to parents, most of the children wouldnt even go to school.
In fact, before schools became mandatory, most of the children didnt go to school.
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